Word of Mouth Media Relationship Ladder Series

Join us on Monday, October 5th to talk about the RESPONSE rung of the Relationship Ladder. Phllip Black will be our guest.

Join us for a special series on Transition Solutionz tomorrow

Nichole Nordeman - Legacy

This is where the theme music for the show originated.

Establishing yourself on the social graph - Word of Mouth Media Relationship Ladder

If you are interested in how to get not only on the social graph, but to get to the top, it is all about relationships. Check out the Word of Mouth Media relationship ladder.

For more information, see www.wordofmouthmedia.blogspot.com.

Word of Mouth Media - Get Engaged!

As most of you know, I've put the Solutionz Live show on hiatus for the summer to work "on" my business versus "in" my business. One of the things that I'm focusing my efforts on is to take what I've learned in the 100+ radio shows that I've done on Solutionz Live, plus what I've been learning in the Social Traffic course and to turn around and help others with that learning.

As you know, it is all about leaving a legacy.

Lineup for Thursday, May 24th

1000am Real Life Heroes with Anna O'Connor

1030am Kids with Character with Renie Cavallari, Claire and Janet Wildgen to talk about Wings to Fly

1100am Faith in the Marketplace with Frank McKinney

1130am Intellectual Gumbo with Chris Bradshaw

Lineup for Tuesday, May 26th

1000am Innovation Chip Bell and John Patterson

1030am Innovation Matthew E. May, author of In Pursuit of Elegance, Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing

1100am Corporate Escape Artists with Pamela Skillings, author of Escape from Corporate America and our guest Carolyn Hudson

This will be the last Solutionz Live - Business Edition for the summer. We will be on hiatus through the end of August. We will be featuring the Best of Solutionz Live throughout the summer on BlogTalkRadio. Now you have some time to catch up on the shows that you've missed!

Lineup for Tuesday, May 19th

Tuesday's lineup includes:

1000am - INNOVATION with Dan Bricklin, author of Dan Bricklin on Technology



1030am - LEADERSHIP with former astronaut Jon McBride



1100am - GROWTH with author, John Milton Fogg



1130am - CORPORATE ESCAPE ARTISTS with co-host and author, Pamela Skillings

Lineup for Thursday, May 14th

10am REAL LIFE HEREOS - Walter T. Shaw, author of License to Steal, shares the story of his father, a brilliant inventor who didn't get to be the real life hero, as his patents were stolen from him.



1030am KIDS WITH CHARACTER - 5th grade teacher, John Wilson and students from Cambridge Christian School in Tampa discuss their experience last week at Enterprise Village last Friday. Then at 1100am GIVING - Valerie White is the Director of the Stavros Institute, who runs not only Enterprise Village but also Finance Park for kids. She will tell us about how she and many volunteers give every day to kids in a very practical way with this unique learning experience.

Lineup for Tuesday, May 12th

10am INNOVATION with Gerald Sindell, author of The Genius Machine



1030am LEADERSHIP with Al Weatherhead, author of the Power of Adversity



11am GROWTH with Dianne Crampton, author of Working Together



1130am CORPORATE ESCAPE ARTIST with Sabina Ptacin

Solutionz Media Partners with Apical Resources to help those in transition

Apical Resource Group partners with Solutionz Media to offer services to its candidates
	Apical Resource Group LLC, an innovative travel and hospitality technology recruiting firm, announces that it has entered into a partnership with Solutionz Media, a subsidiary of the Solutionz Group to offer a number of services to its current and future candidates.
Apical has partnered with Solutionz to offer the following services to its candidates: • Resume Writing and Validation • Online Reputation Audit and Management • Resume Live!(TM) - a new way for candidates to market themselves online 'As the online world continues to grow and becomes more complex, it is increasingly important that job seekers fully understand how they are perceived,' stated Alan E. Young, Partner with Apical Resource Group. 'Sites like Linkedin and Facebook offer a window into a candidates background. Some people do not know how their online reputation impacts their job search. By partnering with Solutionz Media, we will be able to offer new and pertinent services to our candidates and thus work diligently to ensure their success and the success of the companies that hire them.' Solutionz focuses on providing practical tools to solve real life business and personal challenges. Solutionz is poised to offer new and innovative services to both businesses and executives alike. Its services are focused on supporting work-life transition, along with tapping into entrepreneurial energy. 'We are extremely excited to be working with Apical Resource Group and its candidates,' states Chicke Fitzgerald, CEO of the Solutionz Group. 'We are now living and working in a different time where polishing our online and offline image is an essential part of achieving our business vision. With the launch of Solutionz Media in January of this year, Solutionz is perfectly positioned to help Apical move its game plan forward, jointly helping people get back into the workforce.' About Apical Resource Group LLC Apical Resource Group LLC. (ARG) is a wholly owned travel and hospitality technology, sales and marketing recruiting firm. Apical focuses on recruiting for mid-level to executive positions and offers a new and aggressive solutions model. For a complete overview or additional information about Apical, please contact an Apical Solutions Representative at 1-770-517-5580 or visit the Apical's Web Site at www.apicalresourcegroup.com. About the Solutionz Group The Solutionz Group is a Tampa-based firm with a consulting arm focused on business growth (www.solutionz.com), a media arm focused on using social media to leave a legacy (www.solutionzmedia.blogspot.com) and a coaching and broadcast arm focused on assisting those in work-life transition (www.solutionzlive.blogspot.com). For more information about Solutionz, contact Chicke Fitzgerald at 1-813-925-0789 or visit one of our various websites.

Lineup for Thursday May 7th

Join us on Thursday, May 7th for a great lineup, sponsored by the Solutionz Group and their new reputation management suite of products.

1000am Real Life Heroes with Jared Matthew Kessler, author of the Poet and the Billionaire

1030am Kids with Character - Join us for a discussion about Enterprise Village with teacher John Wilson from Cambridge Christian in Tampa and 3 of his students.

1100am Real Giving with Up with Women founder Lia Grimanis and Briar Rose Perrier

1130am Intellectual Gumbo with Chris Bradshaw

Solutionz Media launches new Online Reputation Solutionz service

Tampa-based Solutionz Media announces a new set of services known as Online Reputation Solutionz, centered around helping companies and professionals manage their online reputation. See Solutionz Media site for details.

Tuesday Show cancelled this week

SolutionzLive! will be postponed on Tuesday, as I have the opportunity to attend Lifework Leadership in Tampa. I plan on going through their program in the fall, so need to make this a priority!

Thanks to our loyal listeners for understanding.

Solutionz Live lineup April 16th

Thank you to our sponsor, the Barbados Tourism Authority for their support of Real Life Renovations, our first segment of the day.

10am Real Life Renovations with Phil and Amy Parham and our guest Jenn Widder, also a former contestant on NBC's Biggest Loser



1030am Financial Health with Don Russell, investment expert on the 5 Cs of Lending Wisely



11am Faith in the Marketplace with Ron Weaver, attorney, entrepreneur and community advocate



1130am Intellectual Gumbo with co-hosts Chris Bradshaw and Chicke Fitzgerald - for a recap of the week

Solutionz Live LIneup 14APR Tuesday

1000am ET INNOVATION Les Ottolenghi, Innovator and Entrepreneur



1030am ET LEADERSHIP Ken Wiebeck, Executive Director Lifework Leadership Tampa



1100am ET GROWTH Guest Stacey Hanke, author of Yes you can!



1130am ET Guest Pamela Skillings, author of Escape from Corporate America

Were you asleep today? http://ping.fm/y19z7 His grace is there. Sunday's coming.

In case you missed the significance of today's passion. It was indeed Good Friday. Don't forget that Sunday's Coming http://ping.fm/y19z7

Catch some of the passion this Good Friday - Sunday's Coming http://ping.fm/y19z7

EGG friends, don't forget today's call at 4pm and our vignette speaker Susan Steinbrecher, author of Heart Centered Leadership. www.solutionz-egg.blogspot.com

Great week of shows on Solutionz Live. I had a great time. Don't forget they are all available on demand, free.

Chris Bradshaw and I are doing our weekly wrapup, which is one of my favorite parts of the week. www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

We are interviewing the Director of the country of Jordan for the Intl Medical Corp program about Gaza crisis. www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

Join us on Solutionz Live to hear an amazing story about teens raising money for Gaza. www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

If you miss Solutionz Live this am, it is always available On Demand as well. www.solutionzlive.blogspot.com

and at 1130am spice up your day with Intellectual Gumbo with my co-host Chris Bradshaw and I.

At 11am, hear the rest of the story from Jordan country director from IMC about how Fordson's contributions were used. www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

Then at 1030am join us for special segment on Kids for Humanity with teens that raised $40k for Gaza relief. www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

Struggling to get fit? Listen in to Real Life Renovations at 10am with NBC Biggest Loser finalists from last season, Phil and Amy Parham. www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

Now, time for bed. G'nite Gracie.

10am Thursday - Real Life Renovations with my cohosts Phil and Amy Parham. http://ping.fm/jCFLz

Two part series on Kids for Humanity 1030a and 11a on Thursday http://ping.fm/f3quv http://ping.fm/AHfJb

Thursday at 1130 join us for Intellectual Gumbo - a wrap up of the week http://ping.fm/I8XlR

Tomorrow's Solutionz Live lineup posted http://ping.fm/CZ2Kl Join us!

April 9th Lineup

Thank you to our sponsor, KidsforHumanity for Thursday's lineup.

1000am Real Life Renovations with Phil and Amy Parham
1030am KidsforHumanity - Part 1 with Teen Philanthropists from Fordson High School
1100am KidsforHumanity - Part 2 tells the rest of the story with IMC Country Director of Jordan, Chris Skopek sharing how the $40k raised by Fordson was used in Gaza
1130am Intellectual Gumbo with Chris Bradshaw and Chicke Fitzgerald

Most don't know that #Delaware North (#DNC) runs the concessions for #Kennedy Space Center

#Cape Canaveral broke all records today. Over 11k visitors and people from all over the world. Bravo operations VP Marcelle Nance!!!

Off to Cape Canaveral for a meeting. I've never been there, so looking forward to seeing it up close and personal!

Any would be entrepreneurs out there?, join us live now for Corporate Escape Artists http://ping.fm/USe64

For those that need to grow, join us now for The Blitz Experience with Andrea Sittig-Rolf http://ping.fm/USe64

Join me LIVE on my Solutionz Live - http://ping.fm/USe64 or call (646) 727-2840 for the story of Victory Point

Whatever you are doing, clear the decks and join us for Ed Darack and JJ Konstant for their story "Victory Point" http://ping.fm/USe64

We're talking live to Camille Landau of ReferQuest.com on Innovation http://ping.fm/USe64

Join me LIVE on my Solutionz Live - Business Edition show on BlogTalkRadio at http://ping.fm/USe64 or call (646) 727-2840

For those who are Corporate Escape Artists at heart, join us at 1130a http://ping.fm/USe64

And at 11am back by popular demand to Solutionz Live Andrea Sittig Rolf the Blitz Master on Growth http://ping.fm/USe64

Don't miss Solutionz Live on BlogTalkRadio - http://ping.fm/USe64 at 1030am Ed Darack and JJ Konstant LEADERSHIP under Fire

oops now from PingFM Don't miss Solutionz Live on BlogTalkRadio - http://ping.fm/USe64 at 10am Camille Landau on bartering

If you can't listen live from 10-noon ET, shows are all available On Demand for download.

We're back tomorrow. Solutionz Live - Business Edition show on BlogTalkRadio - http://ping.fm/USe64

April Executive Girlfriends' Group speakers http://ping.fm/k8y1W

Solutionz Live Lineup - Tuesday, April 7th

10am INNOVATION - Camille Landau
1030am LEADERSHIP - Ed Darack and JJ Konstant - Victory Point
11am GROWTH - Andrea Sittig-Rolf
1130am CORPORATE ESCAPE ARTIST - Barry Miller and co-host Pamela Skillings

Lots of breakins in the surrounding neighbohoods. The new security - leave on the pool lights. Most breakins from back of houses.

Our EGG Vignette speaker for today is Debbie Mandel, Author of Addicted to Stress.

Change in today's EGG speaker http://ping.fm/GSj8b

Rob from Google is about to speak. They are serving cocktails, which is very Googlesque. #travelcom

Herb Kelleher is a real gentleman, a real card and quite entertaining! He is giving Henry of #Forrester a run for his money!

Herb said "If it is conventional, it is not wisdom and if it is wisdom, it is not conventional". This was a quote from an analyst.

Herb Kelleher won Steve Fosset innovator award at #TravelCom for #Southwest's accomplishments

Next up at #Travelcom CEOs of Orbitz and Trvelocity. Should be interesting. Both are new.

Executive Women's Forum at #TravelCom had a record 100 women yesterday.

"A girl's just gotta have friends" article by #Huffington Post writer Karen Leland is worth a read http://ping.fm/ur7bW

Brad's topic is "the New Normal". We are not going back.....

Brad Gerstner is talking about the economy at #Travelcom. Brad heads up #Altimeter Capital.

#GDS is Global Distribution System technology - the tech that powers booking and pricing systems

The fact that #Travelcom is talking about Twitter more than the GDS technology is a sign of the times.

Travel Industry losses are not an April fools joke (unfortunately). Cancelled meetings and conventions results in lost jobs.

Henry Harteveldt of Forrester described at #Travelcom by cochair Krista Pappa as a Tweetheart

Hotels have lost nearly $1b in the last two months from meeting/convention cancellations

We had an amazing turnout at the #Executive Girlfriends' Group (lovingly called EGG) dinner last night. What fun!

It is clearly a new era at #TravelCom

At #Travelcom in Atlanta. Dreary day but is interesting to hear Roger Dow talking about Twitter.

Headed to Atlanta this week for TravelCom09. Radio show on hiatus for the week, back 07APR.

Our speaker Liz Goodgold was great today on EGG call. Get her book at http://ping.fm/UGNsE

Getting ready for Exec Girlfriends' Group call - today is Liz Goodgold, author Redfire Branding

Tuesday am taking a hiatus from the show to travel to Atlanta for TravelCom.

Also looking for other kid/teen philanthropists for the Giving Show on Thursdays at 11am ET. 30 minutes live interview on blogtalkradio.

Decided today that we need to have someone on SolutionzLive to talk about practice of bartering. Any experts?

Just wrapped up Solutionz Live Personal Edition. It is available for download www.solutionzlive.blogspot.com

Monica was so poised on her interview. It was her first radio interview ever. She is 14. Listen to it http://ping.fm/phd9q download to your iPod

www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive at 11am Mark Healy author of Monica and the Zamboni

If you have a heart for giving, join us for young philanthropist Monica Healy.

Thanks for our sponsor the Barbados Tourism Authority. www.visitbarbados.org

Remember that if you miss listening to Solutionz Live today, you can download at http://ping.fm/phd9q

At 1130am ET join my co-host Chris Bradshaw and I for "Intellectual Gumbo", a recap of all 7 SolutionzLive shows this week.

http://ping.fm/phd9q Monica's dad joins us to talk about his book Monica and the Zamboni

At 11am ET on our Giving segment, 14 yr old Monica Healy joins us to talk about her big plans to raise $1m for 2 charities.

If you are struggling financially, tune in to http://ping.fm/phd9q to hear Pamela Yellen talk about her Bank on Yourself methodology

Join us on SolutionzLive! now. http://ping.fm/DvI6T At 1030am Pamela Yellen, author of Bank on Yourself

At 1130am ET, Chris Bradshaw and I co-host "Intellectual Gumbo", a recap of the week and discussion of our favorite authors.

At 11am our Giving segment will feature Monica Healy, 14 year old raising $1m for kids. www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

At 1030am Thursday our guest is Pamela Yellen, author of Bank on Yourself for our Financial Health segment. www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

Solutionz Live! show tomorrow starts at 10am ET with Phil and Amy Parham and Real Life Renovations. Our guest is Trainer DJ Jordan. www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

March 24th Lineup

Thank you to our new sponsor Guru Nation

Tuesday's guests include:

10am INNOVATION - Sarah Miller Caldicott, author of Innovate Like Edison

1030am LEADERSHIP - Jane Goldner, author of Driven to Success

11am GROWTH - Edward Cates, CEO of Nuance Marketing

1130am CORPORATE ESCAPE ARTISTS - Shannon McCaffery, CEO of MarketingImplementer

March 19th Lineup

Solutionz Live Business Edition - March 17th

10am ET Dr. David Pensik - INNOVATION for Underdogs



1030am ET John De Puy - LEADERSHIP



11am ET Karen Leland - GROWTH through Watercooler Wisdom



1130am ET Corporate Escape Artists with Pamela Skillings and guest Sherill St. Germain

Walking the Talk on Thursday 3/12

Thursday our first show is always Life Balance. Tomorrow my 8 year old son has his field day at school. Anyone that knows Sergey knows that sports is his life. So missing that for the sake of doing a show on Life Balance would be TOTALLY counter intuitive.

So Thursday, if you were looking forward to listening to the show, look back over the older shows and download one to your iPod and go for a walk! It will be good for your all around health!

See you on Tuesday the 17th for the Business Edition of Solutionz Live! or next Thursday the 19th for the Personal Edition.

Have a brilliant day!

Chicke Fitzgerald, Founder and Host of Solutionz Live!

3/10 Tuesday Lineup for Solutionz LIve!

Thank you to our sponsor, WCities All show times are EDT

Join us live at www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive or call in at 1-646-727-2840.

At 10am, welcome Andrea Sittig-Rolf, the Blitz Master to talk about sales innovation. Andrea is the author of Power Referrals.

At 1030am Tom Ziglar joins us to talk about the Legacy of Leadership. Tom is the President of Ziglar.

At 11am, join me in welcoming Chris Barrett, co-author of Direct your Own Life.

At 1130am, join my co-host Pamela Skillings and I when we interview Vera Babyeva, on our Corporate Escape Artist segment. Vera is the founder of Women Can Have It All.

3/5 Thursday lineup for Solutionz Live!

New Show Launching Thursday March 5th - Real Life Renovations

Thank you to our sponsor for this new show, the Barbados Tourism Authority.

Phil and Amy Parham will co-host this show with Chicke Fitzgerald, founder of Solutionz Media Group. The show will showcase people (including Phil and Amy) who have totally reinvented themselves, from the outside/in.

Join us!

Lineup for Tuesday, March 3rd

Thank you to our sponsor for today's show, HotelsbyHospitals.com. They hope that you never need their services, but if you do, they are there.

Chris Bradshaw and I will be co-hosting today's show.

Tuesday's show lineup includes the co-author of Barack Inc., Barry Libert at 10am to talk about social media innovation. At 11am, back by popular demand, Andrea Waltz and Richard Fenton, co-authors of Go for No! to talk about how their concepts impact Sales Leadership. At 11am, Steve Kaplan shows us how to Bag an Elephant, which is also the title of his latest book. He will talk about GROWTH. At 1130am we launch a new show segment, Corporate Escape Artists. My co-host for this portion of the show will be Pamela Skillings, the author of Escape from Corporate America. Our guest will be entrepreneur, Margot Tohn.

Join us.

Chicke Fitzgerald

LIneup for Thursday, February 26th

Just when I thought it couldn't get better..... Thursday's lineup is stellar.

10am Kathy Peterson, the co-host of Lifetime TV's Balancing Act joins us to share an awesome story of giving back. We've titled it Giving by Design.



1030am Marty Metro joins us. He is an entrepreneur that is fearless. His segment on Financial Health is called Starting Over, Starting Smarter



11am Svetlana Kim joins us to talk about her Uncommon Courage and her new book White Pearl and I. She is an amazing woman. Don't miss it!



At 1130am, Chris Bradshaw, my co-host, will join me for our "new, new bookclub", talking about the authors that we interviewed this week, plus the ones we'd like to interview!

Join us.

www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

Solutionz Live Lineup - Tuesday, February 24th

Tues 2/17 The Business side of Professional LIfe - the Lineup

Sponsored by:




Join us on Tuesday, February 17th from 10am-noon:

10am INNOVATION Bob Burg - co-author of The Go Giver.

1030am LEADERSHIP Anne Loehr - co-founder Safaris for the Soul and author A Manager's Guide to Coaching

11am GROWTH Tom and Birgit Hanson, co-authors of Who will do what to whom?

1130AM INVESTMENT INSIGHTS Richard Miller - CEO Tourism ROI


Thank you to our sponsor for Tuesday's show, 4Cweb. Cutting edge hosting, design and development, with old fashioned service and support.

Thursday February 12th Lineup - The Personal Side of Professional Life

Thank you to the sponsor of our show on Thursday - HotelsbyHospitals.com


Our lineup on Thursday, February 12th includes:

Lauren Bloom, the author of The Art of the Apology in our Wellness and Life Balance Segment from 10am – 1030am ET.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4BtU7CHQKY

At 1030am, Victoria Moran takes an unconventional look at Financial Health with quips from her book Fat, Broke and Alone No More.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzi0esfmz1Q

At 11am, the talk turns to Faith in the Marketplace. Former Congressman Mark Siljander talks about what loving your neighbor really means when Faith goes global with insights from his book A Deadly Misunderstanding

At 1130am, my co-host Chris Bradshaw will help me unravel the Social Networking marketplace. We may have a special guest. I'll post an update in the morning on Twitter!

Tuesday Lineup is stellar on February 10th

Our show today is sponsored by WCities. Before you travel, check out your destinations on WCities.com.




First up at 10am is Joe Calloway, author of becoming a category of one, Indispensable and Work like you're showing off. Joe will be talking about INNOVATION.




At 1030am, Ken Jennings will join me to talk about LEADERSHIP.
I first came across Ken through my business partner, who introduced me to Ken's book Ten Thousand Horses. He has also written a book on servant leadership, known as the Serving Leader. Don't miss it.


At 11am, my good friend Jake Fuller, who recently left Thomas Weisel Partners, will join me as my guest co-host on the Investment Insights portion of the show. We'll talk about the state of the travel industry, the GDSs and the Online travel agencies, as well as the lead rivalries in the US (Sabre and Travelport and Expedia and Travelocity).

At 1130am I will be joined by Joe Pine, author of the best-seller Experience Economy and more recently Authenticity, which Amazon.com named as one of the top ten business books of 2007. A cover article in TIME magazine cited it as one of 10 ideas that are changing the world. Joe is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor. Joe specializes in helping people see the world of business differently. He did that first with the award-winning book Mass Customization: The New Frontier in Business Competition, which detailed how organizations didn’t have to provide the same thing to everybody, but could give customers exactly what they want, at a price they’re willing to pay.

Show theme music - Legacy by Nicole Nordeman hits home with Solutionz Live founder

When I formed Solutionz Media Group and launched Solutionz Live!, I wanted to find a song and a "sign off" line for the show that would be memorable and impactful.

I started doing promotional videos for every guest on my show using a tool called Animoto.com. It is a very cool tool for those of you that haven't tried it.

They had a wide range of music and while I could generally find music that worked, nothing "fit" what I was trying to accomplish with Solutionz Live and Transition Solutionz.

A few weeks ago a friend and I were talking about where we are at in our lives and it really hit home when she said that right now we should be working at leaving a legacy, not just having a job or a career. That was it. A legacy.

That is what Solutionz Live! is all about. Not my legacy, although it would nice if it becomes that. It is about helping my listeners create their own legacy by providing real life solutions to real problems with a goal of growth. Whether you are a business person in a corporation or an entrepreneur, the show has content for professionals on business topics, social and spiritual topics and personal topics, promoting growth in all three aspects of your life.

So yesterday, when Animoto announced that they added the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Genre to their stock music available to create the promotional videos, I was so glad to find Nicole Nordeman's song Legacy.

Here are the lyrics. You can order the album too if you would like. I've provided a link to Amazon.


Legacy by Nicole Nordeman from Woven and Spun
copyright 2002 Sparrow Records

ORDER HERE

I don't mind if you've got something nice to say about me
And I enjoy an accolade like the rest
You could take my picture and hang it in a gallery
Of all the who's who and so-n-so's that used to be the best
At such 'n such...it wouldn't matter much

I won't lie, it feels alright to see your name in lights
We all need an "Atta boy" or "Atta girl"
But in the end I'd like to hang my hat on more besides
the temporary trappings of this world

Chorus:
I want to leave a legacy
How will they remember me?
Did I choose to love?
Did I point to you enough to make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who blessed Your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy

I don't have to look too far or too long awhile
To make a lengthy list of all that I enjoy
It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon destroy

Chorus

Not well traveled, not well read, not well-to-do or well bred
Just want to hear instead, "Well done" good and faithful one

Now all I need to do is find out how to contact her to ask her to be a guest on my show! (I'm working on it as we speak!)

Choose to love today. Leave your own legacy.

Chicke Fitzgerald
founder Solutionz Media Group
Solutionz Live!, Transition Solutionz, the Executive Girlfriend's Group

09FEB05 Links to Authors and Experts from Day 3 Personal Side of Professional Life

Thanks to all who listened online and thank you in advance to all of you who will download the shows and listen to them over your iPod™, your MP3 players and over iTunes. Downloading from www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive is easy and you can share the shows as well. It helps us out if you will also rate those that you like and mark them as favorites.

Thanks again to all of my guests. Here are the links to their sites and their books.

• Renie Cavallari from Aspire Marketing. Check out the book site HERE. Order her book the Official Girlfriends' Guide HERE
• Phillip and Amy Parham. Check out their fitness company by clicking HERE
• John Mann. Order the Go-Giver HERE (no.... order half a dozen as you WILL give them away, guaranteed!)
• Martha Finney. Order her book Rebound HERE

We appreciate the support of the Barbados Tourism Authority as our sponsor of the show today.

Chicke Fitzgerld
founder and host

At 1030am Phil Parham is joining his wife Amy for our show on Wellness!

Join us at 1030am ET to hear their inspirational story. I'm SO SO excited to have both of them on the show this morning.

www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

If you can't join us live, bookmark it and download it after the show. You can put it on your iPOD and listen to the show while you go out for your morning walk. Really......

Thursday - Feb 5th The Personal Side of Professional LIfe - Check out the lineup!

Please join us for Solutionz Live on Thursday from 10am to noon. Thank you to our sponsor, the Barbados Tourism Authority.

If you can't listen live, don't worry, please download the show and listen to it at your leisure. Downloading it allows you to pause, fast forward and to come back later if you don't have two hours to listen! Put it on your iPod™ or MP3 player and listen to it on a plane or on your morning walk!

www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

Join us Wednesday from 10am - Noon for the Social Side of Professional Life

Today's program is sponsored by PJ Inc., an awesome PR firm that wrote the book on how to get your company on the map.

Our guests on Wednesday, February 4th are Tonya Fitzpatrick, co-host of the Travel'N On Radio broadcast to talk with host Chicke Fitzgerald ab0ut Social Networking and Krista Dunk, the co-founder of KB Women, a faith based networking organization for women to talk about faith in the marketplace.

View the promo for Tonya's segment on YouTube by clicking HERE

View the promo for Krista's segment on YouTube by clicking HERE

Thanks to Nancy, Chris and Libby for a great launch show!

We had an amazing show today. If you missed listening live, the show is available on DEMAND here on this site or on www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive.

You can pause as you are listening if you don't have a single block of time to listen to the entire show or you can use iTunes to listen to the show and fast forward to the segment that you missed. Below next to the time of the show is the minute marker on ITunes where the segment begins.

Segment 1: INNOVATION 10AM 00:00

Nancy Widmann started out her segment at 10am talking about Innovation when the sky is falling. My favorite piece of her segment was when she talked about "raising your hand" with innovative ideas. Whether you are in a corporate job, in a smaller, entrepreneurial company, you are an entrepreneur yourself or you are "in transition", this can apply to you. Think like the owner of the company and come up with ideas to innovate. It doesn't matter whether the innovation is making your own job more efficient, coming up with a new product or technology idea, a new business model, talking to a prospective employer about the things that they can do to grow their business or make it more profitable or simply a way to put customers at the center of your strategy, this approach to innovation makes total sense.


Segment 2: LEADERSHIP 1030AM 30:30

At 1030am, we shifted gears to talk about Leadership. I loved Nancy's word picture that whereas we used to aspire the corporate ladder, that ladder is now a lattice and doesn't provide the security that it once did. The top leadership issues that Nancy is facing in her coaching are morale, communicating that changes being made now are not temporary/stopgap measures but are permanent and lastly personal stress faced by executives due to unreasonable goals and pressures that are around them on both the business and personal side of their lives.

The takeaways from Nancy's segment were the need to innovate, think like an owner and an entrepreneur no matter what role you play in your company, to focus on rewards and public recognition in non-traditional ways (trophies, plaques or a handwritten thank you note) until you can get back to the place where you can grant bonuses and to drive forward an optimistic culture. The optimism can come back into an organization that focuses first on innovation and also on helping those that are less fortunate. Giving back to the community can be a great way to build morale and to bring together leadership and the rank and file during these tough times.


Segment 3: INVESTMENT INSIGHTS 11AM 1:01:15

Chris Dane and I had a great time expanding the dialogue that we began several weeks ago when we appeared on Fox Business' Money for Breakfast segment, talking about the rivalry between Carnival and Royal Caribbean. Chris and I are both travel industry investment experts with the Gerson Lehman Group, a company that matches industry experts with the investment community. Bottom line, Chris and I both believe that the cruise industry is a still a good investment, as there is still a large market to be penetrated, the companies generally have a lot of cash, there are revenue opportunities beyond the basic cost of the cruise and they have invested in expanding their fleets, while economizing where they can to conserve fuel, which is one of their top costs.


Segment 3: INNOVATION 1130AM 1:30:30

Libby Gill joined us for the last part of our show to talk about Growth through the use of branding. Libby helped us understand the 5 Branding Strategies to increase that all important "mindshare".

1. Capture the mindshare and the market share will follow
2. Stand out from the herd of competitors
3. Craft a "sticky" message
4. Broadcast your brand
5. Expand your brand

Libby provided some very practical tips behind each of these key points. Listen in for more information. Sign up for Libby's next "Capture the Mindshare and the Market Share will Follow" 4 week program, beginning February 19th. Click HERE for more information.

Tuesday Lineup for Solutionz Live - February 3rd includes Nancy Widmann, Chris Dane and Libby Gill

Tuesday's Solutionz Live!
Real solutions for real life focuses on the business side of life

Nancy Widmann joins us at 10am to talk about INNOVATION and LEADERSHIP When the Sky is Falling.

At 11am Chris Dane and I will be talking about the rivalry between Carnival and Royal Caribbean in our segment INVESTMENT INSIGHTS - Investing during rough seas. For those who saw our segment on Fox Business, Money for Breakfast, this is the story behind that story!

At 1130am, welcome back to Libby Gill, who helped launch Transition Solutionz last week. This week we will turn our focus to GROWTH When the bottom is falling out. Libby will talk about how branding plays a key role in business growth.

Join us live at www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive on Tuesday. Set a reminder for yourself on the site. To listen by phone and ask questions, call 1-646-727-2840. All shows are archived and you can listen to us anytime ON DEMAND. All the shows will be accessible here, so be sure to send yourself an RSS feed and follow this site.

http://solutionz-egg.blogspot.com/

GIVING Segment - Announcing John David Mann and also Athletes and Executives with a Cause

SOLUTIONZ LIVE - GIVING SEGMENT

Our launch show features "Go Giver" co-author John David Mann. He will be on Thursday, at 11am ET.

In our new Solutionz Live lineup, our giving slot each week, in addition to featuring authors, we will be focused on showcasing athletes and executives that have a favorite cause or charity that they support.

Stay tuned for the announcement of the detailed lineup for the Giving Segment for February.

Wednesday's Transition Series Lineup is all about reinvention

Thank you to Wednesday's sponsor of the Transition Solutionz series, Apical Resource Group:











We have a great lineup on Wednesday morning. Join us live if you can, either online at www.blogtalkradio.com/cfitzgerald
or by phone 1-646-727-3553

If you missed yesterday's programming, you can listen to it here. Click on the BlogTalkRadio button to the right.

Here's our lineup today:

10am Tierza Davis - owner Pura Vida Adventures in Costa Rica - from a dot com bomb in the late 90s to surfing coach for executive women, Tierza has a story you won't want to miss.



1030am Michelle Bersell - psychotherapist and life coach talks about "Weathering the Financial Storm". Whether you are unemployed, self-employed or afraid that you may not be employed for long, you need to hear what Michelle has to say.



11am Eli Davidson - author of Funky to Fabulous - If you are tired of all of the discouraging news in the marketplace, you should put aside whatever you are doing from 11am to noon tomorrow and tune in to Eli. She will make you laugh, make you think and will inspire you to reinvent yourself.



To set a reminder for the show, see www.blogtalkradio.com/cfitzgerald

Transition Solutionz Series - Show Recap #1 Tuesday 1/27/09

01/27/2009

I would like to thank Travelport for sponsoring this morning's Transition Solutionz show.

Broadcasting pioneer and branding expert Libby Gill kicked the show off at 10am and provided extremely practical advice on how to create your own personal brand and not only survive your "transition time", but to come out on the other side more fulfilled.

Libby has authored a number of books and is working on one that will be out this fall, called "You Unstuck". She is also a contributor to a new book by Martha Finney, called "Rebound".

Thanks to Libby making the introduction after the show this morning, Martha will be on our show on February 3rd at 1130am ET. Now, that's what I call social broadcasting!

Libby's top advice to those in transition:

1. Living and breathing your brand - the first "sell" is yourself
2. Allow yourself a 5 minute pity party, but just 5 minutes and then move on
3. Stand out from the herd - articulate what you do better than anyone else and what you are passionate about (crafting a "sticky" message)
4. Broadcast your brand widely through multiple media - blog, write white papers, articulating your "brand" throughout your various forms of communication
5. Deal with your weaknesses by using them to make you memorable

Libby ended by telling us to to clarify our brand message, simply our approach (and our lives and finances) and to execute by coming up with a call plan.

We look forward to having Libby back next week to talk about branding as a key to growth during turbulent times.

At 11am we were joined by Andrea Waltz and Richard Fenton, partners in life and in Courage Crafters and the authors of Go for No! This gem of a book is a very quick read, written in allegorical style. Andrea and Richard took what was originally focused on a sales tactic and masterfully tweaked their message for job seekers. Yes is the destination, No is how you get there!

Andrea and Richard told the story of how they met (Richard heard NO over 400 times in his marriage proposal to her before she said yes), and how they hit on the Go for No secret. They built on Libby's message about executing by reminding us that if we are afraid to hear NO, we may not make the first call, making up the prospective employer's mind without even talking to them.

At 1130am Lorraine Howell put the cap on the days message, building on Libby's advice, by talking about how to articulate your personal selling statement in 30 seconds or less. Lorraine is a former broadcasting executive and the founder of Media Skills Training. Her book is "Give your elevator speech a lift".

Lorraine gave us a very helpful acronym (PAR) to use in crafting a top elevator pitch:

• Problem - state the problem that existed
• Action - state the action you took
• Result - articulate the result that you achieved

Make it fun (smile) and realize that the pitch is a conversation starter, not the closing argument. The goal is to get someone to say "tell me more!".

Thanks to all of our speakers today and to our sponsor, Travelport.

Libby Gill kicks off the Solutionz Live! Transition Series on January 27th

I am pleased to announce that Libby Gill will be the launch speaker on the Transition Solutions series being offered next week for individuals that are in career transition.

Libby will do the kickoff program on Tuesday, January 27th at 10am ET. To

Libby spent fifteen years heading public relations and corporation communications as senior vice President at Universal Studios; vice president at Sony Pictures Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting and was also the PR/branding brain behind the launch of the Dr. Phil Show. She will be talking about creating your own personal brand as you begin your career search.

The dial in number if you would like to listen by phone and ask questions is: (646) 727-3553

You can also listen and ask questions online by clicking HERE.

Nancy Widmann is inaugural guest on Solutionz Live on February 3rd 10am ET

Nancy Widmann, former CEO of CBS Radio and author of "I didn't see it coming" will be the first guest as Solutionz Live launches on February 3rd, 2009.

The show will premier at 10am ET on Tuesday, February 3rd on www.blogtalkradio.com/solutionzlive

The title of the segment is "Innovating when the sky is falling".
Anyone can innovate in good times. It takes tremendous courage to innovate when the sky is falling and bullets are flying.

Join us for Nancy's show. For more information about Nancy, visit www.thegurunation.com or her website www.nancywidmann.com.

To order Nancy's book, click on the cover of the book above.

Transition Workshop Scheduled for January 27th and January 29th

On Tuesday January 27th and Thursday January 29th from 10am - 1pm, Solutionz Live! will host noted authors and experts on job transition for management professionals in an interactive dialogue on BlogTalkRadio. The show is Transition Solutionz!

If you have held a professional or management job and are no longer employed or have received your notice, this workshop is for you.

The subjects will include dealing with the emotional issues of your job being made redundant, what is needed to create a personal brand as you re-enter the job market, many of you after quite a few years. It will also provide resume and interviewing tips and financial management advice for how to survive the transition period. We will also talk about the non-corporate opportunities, such as short term consulting or setting up your own company and the pros and cons of such an approach.

These practical sessions will be offered complementary to those executives and professionals that are in transition. Companies that have laid off staff or are contemplating additional layoffs or outplacement firms can sponsor each session within the workshop at $1000 per session and are free to disseminate information about the free sessions to their displaced management employees.

We will be posting the detailed schedule later today, but mark both days on your calendar now. You can attend just a single session in each workshop or you can attend them all.

Follow chickefitz on Twitter to get the most up to date information, or subscribe to this blog via RSS feed. If you don't use those tools, check back here for the schedule.

Stay tuned for the launch of Solutionz Live! on BlogTalkRadio

The Solutionz Group is expanding.

You may have already seen the Executive Girlfriend's Group (EGG), which is a by-invitation-only weekly call-in program for executive women. That program is currently geared toward executives in the travel industry, but this fall will be expanding to health care, financial services, real estate and mortgage services, education, entrepreneurs and others.

We are building on the success of EGG and leveraging the wide range of speakers that we have amassed and are adding a live radio broadcast, hosted by Solutionz CEO, Chicke Fitzgerald.

Beginning the first week of February there will be multiple programs weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays initially, addressing both business and personal topics for professionals from both corporate life and entrepreneurial businesses.

On Tuesdays we will focus on business, with 30 minute shows on Innovation, Leadership, Investment Outlook, Distribution and Entrepreneurial solutions. We will feature segments with both cross-industry appeal and travel industry expertise. Over time we will bring in other hosts to conduct interviews in other industry segments, particular for the investment outlook discussions.

On Thursdays we will focus on the personal side of life, with 30 minute shows on Life Balance, Wellness, Finance and the Economy, Transition and Faith in the Marketplace.

Real solutions for real life is our tag line.

Watch for our announcement of the lineup of authors and experts on this wide range of topics.

We are launching a special series in January that will be aimed at those professionals that are in transition and needing insight from those that have been there and not only survived, but have thrived. Stay tuned to this blog for the dates of these practical workshops.

Our full February lineup will be announced late next week.